Wednesday, February 27

How to take on the powerful news media, Part 3

This article is re-posted from The Victory For Liberty Center. It is part of an on-going series.

As noted in the last segment of this series, commentary sections on
news websites are golden opportunities to publicly voice distaste for
Leftist news articles. Just imagine a reader, going through an article,
soaking up the subversive messages and emotional triggers, being
confronted with a long list of pro-liberty comments. Opposition is
something to be vocalized.

It is no secret that people
tend to listen to their peers with more interest than to those who are
of a different kind. If they notice trends occurring, they will
reconsider positions that they hold. Also, if they notice a trend of
opposition toward a particular information source, they will become more
skeptical of its veracity.

METHODOLOGY:
1.) Locate Leftist news article on a Leftist news source website.
2.) Read the article to understand the position taken and points made.
3.) Write a comment that conveys disgust and disagreement. Also, hint that the news source cannot be trusted.
4.) a. Make a brief counter-argument.
4.) b. It is helpful to post links to opposing material in order to re-direct the readers' attention away from the news source.

Try
and make comments that suggest disingenuous behavior on the part of the
news source. It is important that you inform our fellow citizens that
they cannot trust the news. In order to weaken the stranglehold that
the news media has on our political scene, we must deny them their
ability to implant their ideas and false narratives in the minds of
their readers. There must be a disconnect created between the news
source and the reader in order to mitigate the effectiveness of the
media propaganda. This disconnect can best be understood as a failure
to communicate a message to a receptive mind. By frequently making
comments on Leftist news websites, we lessen the receptiveness of
readers' minds. We cause them to second guess what they are reading.
Even readers who vote for the Left will be forced to confront opposition
from other readers. This is much better than allowing Leftist news
articles to go without rebuke and to stand on their own.

If news sources gain the reputation of being "political," this too will diminish them.

Here are some good examples of comments one could make on a Leftist news article:

"I can't believe this! Is this really supposed to be news? The argument made here simply has no data to back it up."

"The
level of dishonesty here is mind-boggling. I can't believe they'd
stoop this low. This isn't even news, it's just some idiot emotionally
rambling. He should get a diary."

"Reading this was a
complete waste of time. I gained nothing from it, save a headache.
They didn't even present a coherent idea!"

"This
article is complete hyperbole. It's filled with logical fallacies.
It's as if the writer had never written any papers in college."

"This
article is a good example of propaganda. There is no real argument
made, just a bunch of political colloquialisms and guesswork."

"I'm
going to stop reading Newspaper X because they keep putting out
articles like this. There is no value here whatsoever." This is just
political propaganda.

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